UK Drawing Club Invites Public to 'Draw Till You Drop'

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2016) The University of Kentucky Drawing Club will host its first Draw Till You Drop Sept. 30. This all-day event intended to promote drawing as an artistic activity, as well as give the public a chance to express themselves and engage in the drawing process, will include artists drawing blocks and an auction of art celebrating the art form. The event is free and is open to the public.

Draw Till You Drop (DTYD) will start at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Art and Visual Studies Building room 225. From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., artists will draw clothed and nude models in two- or three-hour blocks. Through DTYD the student organization wants to show people how passionate making art is and how galleries can be a palace of beautiful work. These factors are important to the artists themselves, and they hope this event will help convey that to the general public.

There will also be a silent auction at 8 p.m. to finish the festivities. The artists will have the option to auction their pieces from the day, with a reserve price if they would like. The artists and the Drawing Club will split the profits.

There are 25 available spaces to draw, a portion of those spaces will be reserved ahead of time, and any remaining spaces will be available to anyone drawing in a one- or more hours block. The public is also given the option to just attend the auction at 8 p.m.

To RSVP for a drawing space and for more information on DTYD, contact Brandon C. Smith, lecturer at UK School of Art and Visual Studies, at Brandon.Smithart@uky.edu.

The Drawing Club is a student organization within the UK School of Art and Visual Studies (SAVS) at the UK College of Fine Arts and anyone is welcome to join. SAVS is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fields of art studioart history and visual studies and art education

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